Ray Horton

Ray Horton

Horton in 2013
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1960-04-12) April 12, 1960 (age 56)
Place of birth:	Tacoma, Washington
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Tacoma (WA) Mount Tahoma
College:	Washington
NFL Draft:	1983 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53
Career history
As player:
Cincinnati Bengals (1983–1988) Dallas Cowboys (1989–1992)
As coach:
Washington Redskins (1994–1996) Assistant defensive backs coach Cincinnati Bengals (1997–2001) Defensive backs coach Detroit Lions (2002–2003) Secondary coach Pittsburgh Steelers (2004–2010) Secondary coach Arizona Cardinals (2011–2012) Defensive coordinator Cleveland Browns (2013) Defensive coordinator Tennessee Titans (2014–2015) Defensive coordinator Cleveland Browns (2016) Defensive coordinator
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-10 (1981) Honorable mention All-American (1981) Super Bowl champion (XXVII as player; XL, XLIII as coach) Bengals team rookie interception record, 5
Career NFL statistics
Sacks: 3.0 Interceptions: 19 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Sacks:	3.0
Interceptions:	19
Player stats at NFL.com

Raymond Anthony Horton (born April 12, 1960) is an American football coach and former player who is a defensive coach.( He is a former cornerback and safety for the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the University of Washington.

In 1978, Horton graduated early from Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, where he was a prep All-American. In 1999, he was named to the second-team defense of the Washington High-School Football Team Of The Century by the Seattle Times newspaper.

Horton accepted a scholarship from the University of Washington, where he played as a cornerback and special teams from 1980 to 1982 after a redshirt year. As a sophomore he started 9 games. As a junior, he was a first-team All-Pac 10 selection, honorable-mention All-American. In his last year he started 9 games, missing 3 games with an ankle injury (was replaced by Vince Newsome).

He finished as a three-year starter with 10 career interceptions, 22 passes defensed, including 14 (school record) in 1981 and played in two Rose Bowls. He was also one of the top punt returners in the nation.

Horton was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft. He also was selected by the Los Angeles Express in the third round (25th overall) of the 1983 USFL Draft.

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